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Day 3: Sunday 1 March
Time Venue Activity
12.00 – 13.00 Various PARALLEL SESSION 2 continued
12.00 – 13.00 G03 Reflection as a tool for sustaining and assessing self-directed
Continuing Professional Development, Padmini Shankar Kankata
This paper explores the role of reflection in individual-initiated, selfdirected
CPD. The content and the outcome of reflection of ten in-service
university teachers are examined with a view to a) identifying factors that
trigger reflection, and b) mapping areas of growth subsequent to
reflection, as assessed by teachers. Findings show that teachers’ urge to
develop themselves not only emerged from but was also closely aligned to
student learning, leading to instances of enhanced student achievement.
K. Padmini Shankar teaches at the English and Foreign Languages
University, Hyderabad, India. Her research interests include teacher
development, teaching young learners and psychology for language
teaching.
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12.00 – 13.00 G04 Where there’s a will ...: facilitating effective blended learning for
Malaysian English language teachers, Lucy Lamazares and Kathy
Howard
How can you implement blended learning in regions with poor
communication infrastructure? Two coordinators from the British Council’s
Professional Upskilling Project for English language teachers will illustrate
how they successfully facilitate combined face-to-face and online teacher
training to 14,000 Malaysian schoolteachers. They will discuss how
reluctant teachers, with little or no ICT training, overcome barriers to e-
learning. Due to close collaboration between online and face-to-face
trainers, participants are embracing blended learning as learners and
teachers.
Lucy Lamazares and Kathy Howard work for the British Council, Malaysia
as Project Coordinators in Borneo.
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12.00 – 13.00 G05 Continuing Professional Development: tips and techniques to deliver
teacher training workshops, Kamini Taneja
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) presents opportunities to deal
with new challenges and improve performance. This workshop illustrates a
range of factors that need to be present to make CPD sessions effective.
Furthermore, it critically analyses how CPD impact can be monitored and
evaluated. If you are a trainer or an educator, then this session is for you.
Kamini Taneja is a Senior Training Consultant at the British Council
specialising in corporate training. She has extensive experience in training
teachers and corporate clients.
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12.00 – 13.00 101 How to write papers for publication, George Pickering
Many language teacher educators would like to be published in an ELT
publication but don’t know how to go about it. This practical workshop will
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